lobbyists

When big businesses open up medical marijuana facilities under a new law next year, they'll know the rules well. In fact, they'll have helped shape them. Since February, businesses - through a cadre of lobbyists -- have been privately weighing in on potential rules for the new, $837 million...

Bankers, accountants, lawyers, real estate brokers and other professionals hoping to serve Maine's recreational marijuana industry spent much of the $260,000 that has been paid to State House marijuana lobbyists so far in 2017. That figure is sizable by Maine standards, representing about 5...

Retail sales of marijuana may still be a year away, but cannabis-related cash is already flowing at the Maine State House as businesses jockey to influence the policies that will govern the lucrative recreational market. Between Dec. 1 and March 31, clients paid lobbyists more than $140,000...

The Marijuana Policy Project claims in court that Alabama's requirement that lobbyists appear for in-person training before they can speak to state lawmakers about potential bills is unconstitutional. The group and legislative analyst Maggie Ellinger-Locke sued Alabama Attorney General Luther...

In another sign that Canada's booming marijuana industry has gone corporate, dozens of companies have registered as paid lobbyists ahead of Ottawa's plan to legalize the drug's recreational use next spring. As of March 19, the federal government's lobbyist registry listed 88 paid positions...